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Traditional bluegrass vocalist James King's second set is as good as the first. Tenor singer Dudley Connell returns to supply great high harmony vocals. Highlights of this set include a strong, soulful version of West Virginia songwriter Hazel Dickens' A Few Old Memories, and Sharon Higgins' Crazy Heart. He's as likely to pick an old country song as a bluegrass chestnut, as shown by the Ernest Tubb and George Jones songs included here. Even Vince Gill's "When I Call Your Name" is made to sound like an old bluegrass classic.

Acoustics was released in 1979, some two years after Tony Rice's involvement with the David
Grisman Quintet's debut album. Like the Grisman recording, Acoustics proved to be a groundbreaking album for progressive bluegrass musicians. The music on Acoustics is all ...

Norman Blake had been a prominent performer and studio guitarist for over a decade before
this solo debut was recorded, and although he had largely made his name playing backup to bigger stars, this is the first of a long ...

Like consummate musicians, for their first album together Norman Blake and Tony Rice largely ignored
flash and speed in favor of songs and mood. There is some exceptional flatpicking here, but even the more manic passages are tempered by a ...

Named for his version of the Patty Loveless hit The Blue Side of Town, McCoury
covers Steve Earle's If You Need a Fool and Arthur Big Boy Crudup's That's Alright Mama. When it comes to song choice, he may be ...

Though banjoists Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have been playing together since well before they
married, it took until 2014 for the pair to record a full duet album together. That self-titled effort was a wild outing full of originals, ...

Fly Through the Country/When the Storm Is Over is a two-for-one deal, representing New Grass
Revival releases from 1976 and 1977 respectively. Mandolin player Sam Bush, bassist John Cowan, guitarist Curtis Burch, and banjoist Courtney Johnson form the core of ...

Comprised of both traditional songs and contemporary numbers, Manzanita was the third record in a
row to demonstrate Tony Rice's considerable instrumental talent, and on this album he is backed by a band featuring Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry ...